The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, claims that the PTI will be invited to form the government due to their majority in the National Assembly. Amid delayed election results, the PTI calls for peaceful protests to protect the sanctity of the vote, as independent candidates lead with 100 seats. Results from 257 out of 265 constituencies show independents in the lead, prompting PTI-backed independents to challenge alleged rigged poll counts in high courts.
Former officers of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority have been arrested and accused of selling fake computerized national ID cards.
The Israel-Hamas war has led to a surge in anti-Semitic comments on social media. A recent Facebook post suggested a video showed a Pakistani imam making an anti-Semitic comment before the platform beneath him collapsed in “divine timing”. But the claim is misleading; the video shows an overcrowded stage caving in at a rally held by a Pakistani opposition party back in 2018. The man was welcoming people to the stage when it happened.